Ships hit by U-552
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Please note that in the table below you can find a 'Map' column. This helps to find that particular attack on the map below.
| Date | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Map | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Mar 1941 | Erich Topp |  | Cadillac | 12,062 |  | br | HX-109 | A |
| 10 Mar 1941 | Erich Topp | | Reykjaborg | 687 |  | is | B | |
| 27 Apr 1941 | Erich Topp | Commander Horton | 227 | | br | C | ||
| 27 Apr 1941 | Erich Topp | | Beacon Grange | 10,119 | | br | D | |
| 28 Apr 1941 | Erich Topp | | Capulet (d.) | 8,190 | | br | HX-121 | E |
| 1 May 1941 | Erich Topp | | Nerissa | 5,583 | | br | HX-121 | F |
| 10 Jun 1941 | Erich Topp | | Ainderby | 4,860 | | br | G | |
| 12 Jun 1941 | Erich Topp | | Chinese Prince | 8,593 | | br | H | |
| 18 Jun 1941 | Erich Topp | | Norfolk | 10,948 | | br | I | |
| 23 Aug 1941 | Erich Topp | | Spind | 2,129 |  | nw | OG-71 | J |
| 20 Sep 1941 | Erich Topp | | T.J. Williams | 8,212 | | br | SC-44 | K |
| 20 Sep 1941 | Erich Topp | | Pink Star | 4,150 |  | pa | SC-44 | L |
| 20 Sep 1941 | Erich Topp | | Barbro | 6,325 | | nw | SC-44 | M |
| 31 Oct 1941 | Erich Topp | | USS Reuben James (DD 245) | 1,190 |  | am | HX-156 | N |
| 15 Jan 1942 | Erich Topp | | Dayrose | 4,113 | | br | O | |
| 18 Jan 1942 | Erich Topp | | Frances Salman | 2,609 | | am | P | |
| 20 Jan 1942 | Erich Topp | | Maro | 3,838 |  | gr | ON-53 | Q |
| 25 Mar 1942 | Erich Topp | | Ocana | 6,256 |  | nl | R | |
| 3 Apr 1942 | Erich Topp | | David H. Atwater | 2,438 | | am | S | |
| 5 Apr 1942 | Erich Topp | | Byron D. Benson | 7,953 | | am | T | |
| 7 Apr 1942 | Erich Topp | | British Splendour | 7,138 | | br | U | |
| 7 Apr 1942 | Erich Topp | | Lancing | 7,866 | | nw | V | |
| 9 Apr 1942 | Erich Topp | Atlas | 7,137 | | am | W | ||
| 10 Apr 1942 | Erich Topp | | Tamaulipas | 6,943 | | am | X | |
| 15 Jun 1942 | Erich Topp | | Etrib | 1,943 | | br | HG-84 | Y |
| 15 Jun 1942 | Erich Topp | | Pelayo | 1,346 | | br | HG-84 | Z |
| 15 Jun 1942 | Erich Topp | | Slemdal | 7,374 | | nw | HG-84 | |
| 15 Jun 1942 | Erich Topp | | City of Oxford | 2,759 | | br | HG-84 | |
| 15 Jun 1942 | Erich Topp | | Thurso | 2,436 | | br | HG-84 | |
| 25 Jul 1942 | Erich Topp | | British Merit (d.) | 8,093 | | br | ON-113 | |
| 25 Jul 1942 | Erich Topp | | Broompark | 5,136 | | br | ON-113 | |
| 3 Aug 1942 | Erich Topp | G.S. Walden (d.) | 10,627 | | br | ON-115 | ||
| 3 Aug 1942 | Erich Topp | | Lochkatrine | 9,419 | | br | ON-115 | |
| 19 Sep 1942 | Klaus Popp | HMS Alouette (FY 101) | 520 | | br | |||
| 3 Dec 1942 | Klaus Popp | | Wallsend | 3,157 | | br | ON-146 | |
| 192,376 | ||||||||
32 ships sunk (165,466 tons) and 3 ships damaged (26,910 tons). Legend | ||||||||
Note on map. U-552 sank or damaged 35 Allied ships. Our map markers only have 26 labels (A-Z) at this time. This is why some of the markers have no label but otherwise work just fine. The markers are sorted by date, the first 26 successes have labels. This only affects about 20 of the most successful U-boats.
In some cases the exact positions of losses are not known, those are not shown.
In other cases the posititions are too close and the markers overlap, not much we can do about that.